Quantitative and qualitative analysis of equality in programs for victory groupings in the 2019 elections for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Abstract

The object of this article is to analyse the presence of the metavalue of equality in the agendas of the political parties that brought representatives to the Polish Parliament as a result of the 2019 elections. The aim is to determine the attitude of these groupings towards equality. The article has a parallel methodological aim, which is to demonstrate the possibility (and, at the same time, the necessity) of studying political values both quantitatively and qualitatively. This seems important in political science analysis, as establishing the attitudes of a given party  towards values facilitates the positioning of that entity within party families or existing ideologies. The theoretical basis of the article is the circular metavalue model, supporting the analysis of the axiological layer in politics.